“Most people give up their pursuit of genius early on and spend their lives desperately seeking it in others.”

“People learn, early in their lives, what is their reason for being. Maybe that's why they give up on it so early, too.”

“People are like ants: Just a few of them give all the orders. And most of them spend their lives getting squashed.”

“Children can be very early taught...that they can hereafter find their chief happiness in giving up their will to God, and in living to do good to others, instead of living merely to please themselves.”

“The human race is a monotonous affair. Most people spend the greatest part of their time working in order to live, and what little freedom remains so fills them with fear that they seek out any and every means to be rid of it.”

“To turn the tide of materialism in the Christian community, we desperately need bold models of kingdom-centered living. Despite our need to do it in a way that doesn't glorify people, we must hear each other's stories about giving or else our people will not learn to give.”